Improved pish-hooe



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ADAM 1. LENHEET, or NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 70,868, dated Nocember 12, 1867. i

-IMPEOVED FISE-1100K.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN: A

Be it known that I, A. I. LENHART, of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Fish-Hook; and do hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear,

vand exact description thereof, `which will enable others 'skilled in the art. `to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and tothe letters pf reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved fish-hook of that class which are vprovided Vwith a spring, a catch, or fastening, and Aone or more supplemental hooks, which, when the sh seizes the bait, are released and sprung, so as to penetrate the sh and secure it.

The invention consists-in a novel construction of the device or the arrangement of the parts, whereby the A capture ofthe fish when the latternibbles or seizes the bait is rendered almost certain.

The accompanying drawing represents a side .view of my invention. v

v A is a bar, the' lower eind of which is curved, and hasa hook, B, attached by a pivot, a, the shank oi' the hook above the pivot being provided with a shoulder, b, to catch overl a slide, c, on the bar A, the latter having n. spring, d, at its lower end, which hen-rs against the hook at its lower part, and has a tendency to keep the shoulder b over the slide c, as clearly 'shown in the drawing. To the slide ,c one or more hooks C are attached. These hooks, C, like the hook B, are of the regular fish-hook form, but the former, C, are larger than the latter, B. The slide asis connected by a spiral spring, D, with the upper part of the har A, and this spring hasI a tendency to keep the hook or hooks C quite close up to the hook B, as shown in red in Figure 1. The {ish-line E is attached to the upper end ot' the bar A.

The bait is put on the hook B, and the hook or hooks C aredrawn dow'n until the slide c reaches the lower end of the bar A, when the shoulderb of the hook B catches over it and holds it in that position. A fish in seizing the bait on hook B liberates the slide c, and the spring D instantly draws the hook or hooks C upward, so that the latter will penetrate the fish at the under side ofthe mouth or jaw and effectually hold it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent- The hook B, pivoted to the bar A, *provided with the shoulder b, and having the spring d bearing against it,in connection with the slide c, having the spring D attached, and theA hook or hooks C, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I p I i The above specification of my invention signed by me this 7th day of September, 1867-.

A. I. LENHART.

Witnesses: Y

WM. F. MeNAMARA,

J. A. SERVICE. 

